Holder device for clothes suspenders



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Filed Oct. 10, 1960 INVENTOR. AXE-L ROBERT SANDCkREN United StatesPatent O 3,005,558 HOLDER DEVICE FOR CLOTHES SUSPENDERS Axel RobertSandgren, Stockholm, Sweden, assignor to AB Armaturhantverk, Tibro,Sweden, a corporation of Sweden Filed Oct. 10, 1960, Ser. No. 61,644Claims priority, application Sweden Oct. 10, 1959 4 Claims. (Cl.211-123) dimensions of the slot and the groove, however, being somewhatless than the dimensions of the ball but somewhat greater than thethickness of said rod. With the ball the rod is entered into theaperture and the ball then hangs in the interior of the tube on bothsides of the slot. The arrangement of the slot, the groove and theaperture requires much cutting and milling work and thus the device isexpensive in manufacture. Another drawback in such a device is to beseen in the fact that the suspenders as they have no hook cannot besuspended on other clothes rail and the like.

The purpose of this invention is to overcome the drawbacks recited hereabove simultaneously as the device prevents the suspenders from fallingdown from the bar. Normal clothes suspenders with a ball-shaped headportion at the upper free end of the suspending hook can be used. Thedevice is rather cheap in manufacture.

The main feature of the invention is that above and parallel with thebar carrying the suspenders there is arranged a rail situated at adistance from said bar being somewhat greater than the wire diameter ofthe suspending hook but being somewhat less than the Width of the headportion, said rail at its lower border provided with notches, said headportion of the suspending hook adapted to be entered through saidnotches when the hook is being hung on said bar.

The invention will now be elucidated with reference to the accompanyingdrawings. In the drawings:

FIGURE 1 is a partly longitudinally cut and partly broken front view ofa holder according to the invention arranged under a hat rail or aclothes closet shelf,

FIGURE 2 shows a vertical section through the device on the line 11-11in FIGURE 1,

FIGURE 3 is a plan view of the left hand bracket forming part of thedevice,

FIGURE 4 is a partly longitudinally cut and broken front view of theleft hand portion and the central portion of a holding device accordingto the invent-ion when used on a hat rail,

FIGURE 5 shows a vertical section through the hat rail,

FIGURE 6 is a side elevation of one bracket of the hat rail, and

FIGURE 7 is a front view of one end of the rail with a carrying tubeforming part of the device according to the invention.

Referring now to the embodiment shown in FIGURES 1-3, the holder deviceis adapted to be arranged on the under side of a hat rail or a clothescloset shelf 1. The holder device comprises two end brackets 2, 3andindependent of the length of the holderone or numerous intermediarybrackets 4. The brackets 2, 3 carry the ends of a tubular bar 5. Plugs 6are forced into the ends of the rod and each plug 6 has an axial,threaded bore 7 for engagement with a bolt 8 passing through thebrackets 2, 3. The bar 5 extends through a corresponding bore in thebrackets 4. The brackets 2, 3, 4 carry also a rail 9 having an L-shapedcross section and being provided with notches 10 having their openingstowards the bar 5. The rail 9 extends parallel to the bar 5 and abovethe latter in such a way that a pass-age 11 is formed between the barand the lower edge of the rail 9. The distance between the bar 5 and therail 9 is somewhat greater than the Wire thickness of the suspendinghook 13 of the clothes suspender. The hook has, at its upper (free) end,a ball shaped head portion 14. The height of the passage 11 is somewhatless the height of the head portion 14 but the width of the notch 10 issomewhat greater than the thickness of the head portion 14. In this wayit is rendered possible to enter the head portion 14 of the hook 13through the notch 10 and then to move the suspenders sidewards with thehook 13 sliding on the bar 5.

In the position shown in FIGURE 1, the suspender 12 cannotundeliberately leave the bar and fall down from the same.

The brackets 2, 3, of which the bracket 2 is shown in FIGURE 3, areprovided with apertures 15 for attachment screws 16. A slot 17 extendsvertically through the bracket and said slot 17 is passed through by thevertical branch 18 of the rail 9 (shown with dash and dot lines inFIGURE 3), the horizontal branch 19 resting with one end on a shoulder20 disposed below the upper plane of the attachment plate 21 of thebracket. At the attachment only the rail 9 has to be lowered into theslot 17 in such a way that the transverse branch 19 is brought torest onthe shoulders 20. There is no need of screws for the attachment of therail 9.

The embodiment of the holder device shown in FIG- URES 4-7 is meant tobe used as a hat rail. This embodiment comprises two end brackets 22and, independent of the length of the tube, one or numerous intermediarybrackets 23. The brackets 22, 23 are provided with an attachment plate24 and are meant to be attached to the wall by means of screws 25. Theends of a bar 27 are, by means of bolts 26, attached to the outer endsof the brackets 22 in essentially the same way as described in theaforegoing. Said bar 27 serves as a carrier for the hooks 13 of theclothes suspenders 12. Rods 29, 30 are attached to the brackets 22 bymeans of bolts 28, said rods 29, 30 extending parallel to each other andbeing situated on the same level and serving for carrying hats and thelike. The foremost rod 30 situated above the holder bar 27 has adownwardly directed rail 31 serving the same purpose as the rail 9 inthe embodiment according to FIGURES 1-3. The rail 31 which, according toFIGURE 5, is integral with the rod 30, has notches 32 at its lowerborder with their opening towards the bar 27. The lower border of therail 31 is situated at some distance from the holding bar 27 in such a.Way that a passage 33 is shaped between'said bar 27 and said lowerborder. The dimensions of the passage 33 and the notches 32 correspondto the dimensions of the passage 11 and the notches 10 of the embodimentshown in FIGURES 1-3.

Thus, also the device according to FIGURES 4-7 prevents the suspendinghooks 13 from an undeliberate falling down from the holder bar 27 Asobvious from FIGURES 4 and 6, the brackets 22 are in the vicinity of theaperture 34 for the bolt 28 provided with a vertical, longitudinalaperture 35 for engagement with a tongue 36 (only one shown in FIG- URE7) extending beyond the ends of the carrier bar 30. It is evident thatthe tongues 36 prevent a turning 'cept'as defined in the appendedclaims. The different parts of the holding device can be constructivelymodified in many ways within the scope of the invention and so can thebrackets 2, 3, 4, 22, and 23 as well as the rails 9 and 31.

What I ciaim is:

1. In a holding device for clothes suspenders having a suspending hookwith a head portion at its outer end, the holding device having a barfor carrying'the suspenders side by side, a rail arranged above andparallelto said bar and situated at a distance from the same, saiddistance being somewhat greater than the Wire thickness of thesuspending hook but being somewhat less than the height of said headportion of said hook, said rail at its lower border having notches forthe passage of said head portion of said suspending hook when thesuspender is arranged on said bar. 7

2. In a holding device'for clothes suspenders having a suspending hookwith a head portion at its outer end, the holding device having a barsupported at its ends by brackets for carrying the suspenders side byside, a rail arranged above and parallel to said bar and situated at adistance from the same, said distance being somewhat greater than thewire thickness of the suspending hook but being somewhat less than theheight of said head portion of said hook, said rail at its lower borderhaving notches for the passage of said head portion of said suspendinghook when the suspender is arranged on said bar, said rail having anL-shaped cross section, the vertical stem of the L being at its endsentered from above through vertical slots in the brackets and with itshorizontal stem resting on a shoulder of said brackets.

3. In a holding device for clothes suspenders having a suspending hookwith ahead portion at its outer end, the holding device having a'barsupported at its ends by brackets for carrying the suspenders side byside, a rail arranged above and parallel to said bar and situated at adistance from the same, said distance being somewhat greater than thewire thickness of the suspending hook but being somewhat less than theheight of said portion of said hook, said rail at its lower borderhaving notches for the passage of said head portion of said suspendinghook when the suspender is arranged on said bar, said rail beingintegral with a carrier bar; the latter forming together with aplurality of other carrying bars on the same level a shelf and beingwith its ends carried by said brackets.

4. In a holding device for clothes suspenders having a suspending hookwith a head portion at its outer end, the holding device having a barsupported at its ends by brackets for carrying the suspenders side byside, a rail arranged above and'parallel to said bar and situated at adistance from the same, said distance being somewhat greater than thewire thickness of the suspending hook but being somewhat less than theheight of said head portion of said hook, said rail at its lower borderhaving notches for the passage of said head portion of said suspendinghook when the suspender is arranged on said bar, said rail beingintegral with a carrier bar, the latter forming together with aplurality of other carrying bars on the same levei a shelf and beingwith its ends carried by said brackets, said rail engaging openings insaid bracket by means of tongues extending beyond the ends of saidcarrier bar.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS869,233 Druckel' Oct. 29, 1907 2,068,451 Elmore Jan. 19, 1937 2,893,545Garfunkel July 7, 1959

